Stamp removal guide



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STAMP REMOVAL GUIDE Filed June 11, 1943 2 Sheets-Sheet l Inventor Aug. 8, 1944.

c. N. OTTE 2,355,552

STAMP REMOVAL GUIDE Filed June 11, 1943 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 Inventor Patented Aug. 8, 1944 STAllIP REMOVAL GUIDE Carl Norman Otte, Durham, Conn., assignor of fifty per cent to Helena Anna Otte, Durham,

Conn.

Application June 11, 1943, Serial No. 490,521

1 Claim.

This invention relates to new and useful improvements in geometrical instruments and more particularly to a guide or straight edge along which stamps, such as war ration stamps and the like can be evenly and conveniently torn from the sheets of a book.

An important object of the invention is to provide a, simple integral guide or straight edge which will assist in permitting one or more stamps to be removed from a sheet of stamps without any likelihood of tearing or otherwise mutilating the stamps to remain.

Other objects and advantage of the invention will become apparent to the reader Of the following description.

In the drawings:

Figure 1 represents a perspective view of the guide.

Figure 2 is a fragmentary plan view showing one end of the guide being used.

Figure 3 is a fragmentary top plan view showing the other end of the guide being used.

Figure 4 is a fragmentary plan view showing the guide used for removing an intermediate stamp.

Referring to the drawings wherein like numerals designate like parts, it can be seen that numeral 5 generally refers to the device and consists of an elongated member 6 having an interrupted straight edge 1 along one longitudinal portion thereof while the other longitudinal portion is interrupted by a pair of spaced protuberances 8, 9, each protuberance being of substantially the same area as, for instance, a war ration stamp, and the space between these protuberances 8, 9 is also of an area substantially the same as the size of a war ration stamp such as is found in the present war ration book No. 2. It is, of course, to be understood that the size of the protuberances 8, 9 and the space between the same can be varied to meet the requirements of different size stamps either in war ration books or stamps for other uses,

As is apparent in Figure 4, the edges of the protuberances 8, 9 and the strip 6, denoted by reference characters a, b, and c are used in removing intermediate stamps such as the stamp X. The edges d and e of the protuberances and strip 1 are used at either end of the guide for removing stamps from a book, in the manner substantially shown in Figures 2 and 3. In other words, the guide will solve all awkward problems in tearing stamps from stamp books. The book is merely placed on a counter and the guide upon the stamp sheet from which stamps are to be torn. The stamps can be easily removed by simply tearing the same against the guide without any likelihood of adjacent stamps being mutilated.

While the foregoing specification sets forth the invention in specific terms, it is to be understood that numerous changes in the shape, size and materials may be resorted to Without departing from the spirit and scope of the invention as claimed hereinafter.

Having described the invention, what is claimed as new is:

A guide to facilitate removal of one or the simultaneous removal of several stamps from a sheet of stamps of uniform size, comprising a rigid fiat strip-like member havin a uniform width from end to end equal to that of the stamps and a length equal to the combined lengths of several of the stamps, one longitudinal edge of said member being iminterrupted, and a plurality of spaced plate-like protuberances integral with and projecting laterally from the other longitudinal edge of said member, each protuberance and the space between adjacent protuberances being of the same area as that of one of the stamps, said other edge having an un-interrupted portion extending from one protuberance to an end of the member and of a length equal to the combined lengths of several of the stamps.

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